Inside the Sausage Factory: The Art of IP Development

2010-03-26

Gamasutra has yet a interesting feature article: Inside the Sausage Factory: The Art of IP Development.

It is a rundown of how to develop IP based on common trends. Basically the article describes how publishers of media create more of the mediocre stuff to service to a fad. From a business standpoint this make sense, but artistically it is nonsense. It will not create a new trend or rich media.

The author seems to take himself a bit ironically: Inside the Sausage Factory. Sausages are yummy, but not the height of culinary delight.